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5th Annual Writers Studio Literary Contest

First place winners in Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction each win $250, publication in ACCs literary magazine, Progenitor, and a guest invitation to our yearly Literary Festival in April. The winners are invited to read their work at the festival. See our General Submission guidelines below.

Writers Studio runs a yearly literary contest in fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry.* All entries are read by preliminary judges. The finalists for each category are sent to outside judges. Winners in each category receive $250, plus publication in ACCs art and literary journal, The Progenitor. Winners are also invited to be our distinguished guests at our Spring Literary Festival, where they will read their winning pieces. Contest is open to ACC students, faculty and the Colorado community. All entries are considered for publication in The Progenitor.

Please note: this contest is not to be confused with regular submissions to ACCs literary journal, Progenitor. The deadline for Progenitor submissions is in early February and there is no submission fee. For more information on the Progenitor, please contact Chris Ransick at chris.ransick@arapahoe.edu

General Submission Guidelines

Writers Studio Literary Contest Winners 2009

Contest Judges for 2009

Fiction:Teague Bohlen is an Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Colorado Denver, where he co-edits the literary and arts magazine Copper Nickel and advises the student newsmagazine The Advocate. He's a regular contributor to Westword and Village Voice Media, and edits the national flash fiction magazine Quick Fiction. His novel The Pull of the Earth wonthe Colorado Book Award for Fiction in 2007.

Creative Non Fiction: John Calderazzo is Professor of English at Colorado State University, where he teaches nonfiction writing and literature, and has won many teaching awards, including a Best CSU Teacher. A former fulltime freelance writer, he explores many topics in his work, including natural history, the relationship between science and culture, Buddhism, Asia, and climate change. His essays and short stories have appeared in Audubon, Georgia Review, North American Review, Orion, The Runner, and many other journals and book chapters. His books include Writing from Scratch: Freelancing a nonfiction how-to guide; 101 Questions About Volcanoes, a children's science book; and Rising Fire: Volcanoes and Our Inner Lives, a series of travel essays that explore the many ways in which volcanoes the world over have affected human culture. He is the winner of a Colorado Council on the Arts writer's grant, and is the co-founder and co-director of Changing Climates @ CSU, an innovative teaching-climate-change-across-the-university-curriculum program.

Poetry: Mark Irwin is the author of six collections of poetry; the last three include White City (BOA, 2000), Bright Hunger (BOA, 2004), and Tall If (New Issues, 2008). Recognition for his work includes four Pushcart Prizes, and fellowships from the Fulbright, Lilly, NEA, and Wurlitzer Foundations. He teaches in the Graduate Creative Writing Program at the University of Southern California.

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